SOCOM to ramp up Small Glide Munition production with $470M contract

By Rachel Cohen / June 22, 2018 at 3:32 PM
U.S. Special Operations Command expects to buy about 4,000 Small Glide Munitions through fiscal year 2022 to meet its current needs, a command official told Inside Defense this week. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff LaFleur, integrated strike programs materiel leader of SOCOM's fixed wing program executive office, said June 21 the command plans to buy about 1,000 SGMs each year from FY-19 to FY-22 as a result of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' directive to maximize munitions production. SOCOM on June...

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